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Russian terror begins at weapons depots, airfields, and military bases inside the Russian Federation. Permission to strike deep into Russia will speed up the solution.”
Ukrainian presidential adviser Andriy Yermak emphasized the need for broader strike permissions, stating I don’t think much about Vladimir Putin.”
Asked what he thought about Putin’s threat, Biden answered We need to boost our air defense and long-range capabilities to protect our people,
Zelenskyy wrote on social media Secretary Blinken, President Biden — STOP IT! Stop this reckless escalation. I say this not as a political partisan, but simply as a citizen of the world,
Yet, Russia has been patient. It is obvious that a nuclear response is a hugely complex decision with irreversible consequences. What arrogant Anglo-Saxon dimwits fail to admit, though, is that you can only test someone's patience for so long,
We know by now not to take Medvedev seriously,
a department spokesperson wrote The Russians are wearing down the Ukrainians' ability to put well trained, well equipped forces into battle, and getting air-launched cruise missiles won't change that,
added Beebe, director of the grand strategy program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft There is little reason to believe that the provision of these air-launched cruise missiles will significantly increase Ukraine's chances of winning the war,
The decision has been made, the carte blanche and all indulgences have been given (to Kyiv), so we are ready for everything,
the RIA news agency quoted Ryabkov as saying Strong decisions are needed. Terror can be stopped by destroying the military facilities where it originates."
Andriy Yermak, head of Zelenskiy's office, said on the Telegram messaging app on Saturday Loud threats of Putin's regime testify only to his fear that terror may come to an end."
Ukraine's Yermak, in turn, said of Russian President Vladimir Putin We'll obviously pick up again in UNGA in just a few days time with a wider group of individuals,
the UK Prime Minister said It certainly speaks to the manner in which this partnership threatens European security and how it illustrates Iran’s destabilizing influence now reaches well beyond the Middle East,
White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said Putin’s latest threats about direct confrontation with Nato are simply an effort to coerce the west out of supporting Ukraine,
We are going to do everything that we can so that Ukraine has what it needs to defend itself,
said the White House press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, on Friday Ukraine must be allowed to defend itself, period. If that means striking a Russian bomber launching missiles at Ukrainian civilians from Russian airspace, then Ukraine should be able to take that shot,
This is not rhetoric that we haven't heard from him before,
Nuclear testing would be new. I would not exclude that, and it would be in line with Russia shattering a number of international security arrangements that it has signed up to over the decades during the last couple of years,
This would be a dramatic escalation of the conflict,
The moment of truth has come for the West, whether it desires a full-scale war with Russia."
Sergei Mironov, the leader of a pro-Kremlin political party, said in a press statement on Friday